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A286 crash in Chichester on 24 March 1997 at 10:45 involving a Honda Legend

A Honda Legend, a Ford Orion and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A286 in Chichester at 10:45 on Monday 24 March 1997. A 23-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and the 49-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 1997
Monday, 10:45
Vehicles
3
Honda Legend and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98, longitude -0.7407, in the GU29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Midhurst.

Map of where the crash happened in Chichester

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199747YA70148
Council area
Chichester
Police force
Sussex
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
286
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
286

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Legend

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,043 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199747YA70148 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Chichester road accident statistics for 1997.